9 October 2016 - Granite Grok

October 9, 2016

You cannot serve those you loathe. And bureaucrats loathe us.

In the free market, if you do not serve your customers, you’re history.  The accountability is via Profit indicator: if you are not selling something that works, your profit will suffer.  Price your offering too high, people will not buy and your profit will suffer.  Price is too low and be unable to recoup your …

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Is James Madison Turning Over in His Grave?

From James Madison University, a list of things students should avoid saying. Student leaders of this year’s freshman orientation at James Madison University were given a list of 35 things they should avoid saying, including phrases such as “you have such a pretty face,” “love the sinner, hate the sin,” “we’re all part of the human …

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Because Equality or Something…

The Duke Women’s Center has launched a 9-week course titled, The Duke Men’s Project,  “”…for “male-identified” students that discusses male privilege, patriarchy, “the language of dominance,” rape culture, pornography, machismo and other topics.”” Clinton Family History is probably not included under “other topics” but would make an excellent edition under the heading: “Destroying the lives …

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To Feminists, ALL masculinity is toxic

Only emasculation is tolerated and desired. Shot: College Students: Masculinity Is ‘Extremely Toxic To Our Mental Health’ ‘Masculinity can be extremely toxic to our mental health, both to the people who are pressured to perform it and the people who are inevitably influenced by it.’  A group of Claremont College students hosted an event where they …

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The GOP owns Trump because it rejected and destroyed the TEA Party

Much ink has been written about the rise and fall of the TEA Party.  It started off as a rebellion against what it saw as overreaches by Government, especially the Federal govt, starting slowly with Bush (“We have to destroy the Free Market in order to save it”) and then on steroids after Rick Santelli’s …

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Who Do Federal Energy Subsidies Favor?

The next time you find yourself in a conversation about government energy subsidies, refer to the chart above. The report lists how much the government is spending in direct support of various forms of power generation. Ten percent goes to “fossil fuels.” Seventy-two percent is spent propping up ‘renewable’ energy if we exclude nuclear (another …

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